To lower utility bills, you have to know how much energy is being used. Utility data access is the ability of building owners to obtain whole-building energy (and sometimes water) consumption information, in a way that protects tenant privacy. This includes data from tenant-paid utility accounts.
IMT and RAP worked with more than 30 experts and stakeholders to write a model utility data access law. States (and local governments with municipal utilities) can use the model law as a starting point to write their own laws to enable authorized recipients to access buildings’ energy consumption data. The law also gives homeowners and other utility account holders better data access for themselves and their authorized third parties. Streamlined data access saves time and money while creating new markets for innovative services delivered to utility account holders.
For a deeper dive into our model law, visit: https://imt.org/resources/model-utility-data-access-law/.
